Exercise is Medicine aims to increase physical activity and to incorporate related evidence-based resources in the healthcare field for people of all abilities.
The University of Arkansas chapter of Exercise is Medicine on Campus focuses both on research conducted by a faculty-student team and as a student group to encourage fitness.
EIM-OC calls upon universities and colleges to promote physical activity as a vital sign of health and activate EIM within their unique environments. Our goal is for every student to graduate with better health and fitness than when they began, to become knowledgeable and passionate advocates for the benefits of regular physical activity, and to work toward the systematic assessment and promotion of physical activity within health care.
Our goal within the University of Arkansas Exercise is Medicine On Campus student group is to educate students and faculty on campus about physical activity and the health benefits that are associated with it. We want to encourage students to choose a healthier lifestyle by educating them on different physical activity options and explaining how it increases both mental and physical health. We’ve even crafted a dozen videos showing proper form with exercise equipment!
Follow our plans and activities via this website as well as our social media accounts on Instagram and Facebook.
The worldwide Exercise is Medicine On Campus encourages faculty, staff and students at over 280 institutes of higher education “to promote physical activity as a vital sign of health.”
EIM-OC states its goals include:
- Making movement a part of the daily campus culture
- Assessing physical activity at every student health visit
- Providing students with the tools necessary to strengthen healthy physical activity habits that can last a lifetime
- Connecting university health care providers with university health fitness specialists to provide a referral system for exercise prescription
EIM-OC is part of the Exercise is Medicine initiative of the American College of Sports Medicine, which in 2007 co-founded the project with the American Medical Association. EiM is a U.S.-based health initiative coordinated by ACSM running in 40 countries.
